Selected music as Recording Artist:
To hear more of Starr's music as a recording artist, click here for The Heart Of Frida and here for Common Places
Selected Scoring Works:
Selected music as Songwriter/Producer:
Starr Parodi
“Surely no one could coax more passionate feelings and rainbow of colors out of the instrument. Parodi’s pianistic sense and delivery go way beyond creative. Words that come to mind while listening include imaginative, courageous, dynamic, passionate, gutsy, pensive, restrained, and euphoric. I’m thoroughly entranced by the whole experience.” – Mark Vail (Oxford College Press)
Starr Parodi's compositions and performances are inspired by the resonance of the world in which we live.
As a multi award-winning composer, Starr creates works for all media and the concert stage. Starr's work has been featured on NPR, KCRW and iHEART Radio, and in numerous films, television series and iconic movie trailers. Her darkly innovative production/arrangement of the JAMES BOND Theme (RIAA Gold Record) was credited by Forbes magazine as "reinventing the modern action movie trailer."
Starr is the first woman to have her orchestral works performed in the 85 year history of the Laguna Pageant Of The Masters, where she is currently a featured composer.
As a solo artist, Starr recently released a neoclassical album THE HEART OF FRIDA, which celebrates the life, art and courageous spirit of beloved Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Starr's album won awards for Solo Piano Album of the Year from both International Radio Broadcasters and Solopiano.com.
In 2017, as part of "The Women in the World Summit," the NY Times invited Starr to Lincoln Center to conduct “To All The Little Girls,” a musical performance she produced which celebrates the potential of young women.
Starr first entered the public eye playing nightly as part of the house band on the hit late-night Arsenio Hall Show.
A trailblazer onstage and in the studio, Starr sits on the board of the Alliance for Women Film Composers. She's widely recognized as a leader in expanding the reach of women in the arts as a composer, producer, performer and cultural visionary.
“If you listen closely you can hear the ghosts in her music.” – R.J. Lannan (Zone Music Reporter)
SOME HIGHLIGHTS...
Some highlights of Starr’s groundbreaking career include: co-producing “To All the Little Girls” music video with multi Oscar winning filmmaker Terry Sanders, and being invited by the NY Times & Tina Brown Media to conduct the orchestra and bring it’s performance to Lincoln Center for “The Women in The World 2017 Summit”. Starr performed at the Kennedy Center for President Bill Clinton’s inauguration and for several years, she performed nightly on the late night television hit, The Arsenio Hall Show. Together with scoring/production partner, Jeff Eden Fair, Starr’s innovative breakout production of the James Bond Theme received an RIAA Gold Record, and this iconic work is widely acknowledged as being highly influential in recreating the modern action film trailer to its current form. (Forbes Magazine – April 2015).
Partial film trailer composition/production credits include – James Bond, The Peanuts Movie, Bad Santa 2, Harry Potter – The Deathly Hallows Pt.1, Dream Girls, The Last Samurai, Mission Impossible 2, A Night At The Museum, X-Men 3, Zoolander, The Last Holiday, War of the Worlds, United Artist Logo, Star Trek Nemesis. Television scoring credits include – The Starter Wife (Debra Messing), The Division (Jon Hamm, Taraji P. Henson), Transformers: Rescue Bots, GI Joe: Renegades. and numerous award winning television films. Film credits include – Bert Stern: Original Mad Man, Conversations With Other Women (Helena Bonham Carter/Aaron Eckhart), Ghostworld (Scarlet Johansson, Steve Buscemi), New Line Cinema’s High Roller (Michael Imperioli), Rysher’s The 18th Angel (Stanley Tucci).
Starr is currently creating commissioned original orchestral works for The Laguna Festival of Arts-Pageant of the Masters production at the Irvine Bowl in Laguna Beach, CA.
COMPOSER/ARTIST
credits
TELEVISION SERIES
THE HISTORY OF US (theme/score)
Starring: Adam Brody, Janina Gavankar
Producers: Dan O’Shannon, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum; Directed by Pamela Fryman
CBS Television
TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS (theme/score)
Starring: LeVar Burton, Peter Cullen, Tim Curry, Steve Blum & Diamond White
Executive Producer: Jeff Kline; Supervising Director: Brian Hohlfeld
The HUB/Hasbro
G.I. JOE RENEGADES (theme/score)
Starring: Jason Marsden & Kevin Michael Richardson
Executive Producer: Jeff Kline; Supervising Director: Randal Myers
The HUB/Hasbro
THE STARTER WIFE (score)
Starring Debra Messing, Hart Bochner & Judy Davis
Executive Producers: Gigi Levangie Grazer, Josann McGibbon, Sara Parriott, Dan Lerner
NBC/Universal Pictures
THE DIVISION (theme/score)
Starring: Jon Hamm, Taraji P. Henson, Lisa Vidal & Bonnie Bedelia
Executive Producers: Deborah Joy Levine & Aaron Lipstadt
Lifetime (3 seasons)
INTERROGATION ROOM (theme/score)
Starring: Michael Patrick Breen
Producers: Michael Hoff, Shirley Tatum, Karey Green
National Geographic
MAGGIE (theme/score)
Starring: Ann Cusack & John Slattery
Executive Producer: Dan O’Shannon; Producer: David Menteer
Lifetime
ARSENIO (theme/score)
Starring: Arsenio Hall & Vivica A. Fox
Executive Producer: Arsenio Hall
Dreamworks
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
BERT STERN: ORIGINAL MAD MAN (main title/score)
Featuring: Bert Stern, Marilyn Monroe, Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen, Louis Armstrong Directed by Shannah Laumeister; Producers: Greg McClatchy & Shannah Laumeister Motor Entertainment/Magic Films
* Official Selection at the Palm Springs International Film Festival
* Official Selection at the Telluride Film Festival
* Official Selection at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam * 2012 Best Documentary Award – Minneapolis International Film Festival
WOMEN WHO SCORE (featured music)
Documentary live concert film featuring music of female composers – Directed by Sara Nesson
OBAMA: WHAT HE’S DONE (main title/score)
Starring: Frances Fisher, Siedah Garrett, James Remar, Mageina Tovah
Directed by Paul Eckstein; Producers: Melissa A. Clark, Paul Eckstein, Charles H. Eglee
ICE AGE FOSSILS (main title/score)
Starring: Christian Leffler
Directed by Ty Bradford; Producer: Scott Dennis Imagimotion Films
*Best Documentary – Telly Gold Award
FEATURE FILMS
CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN (score)
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter & Aaron Eckhart
Directed by Hans Canosa; Executive Producer: Kwesi Collisson, Ram Bergman
Fabrication Films
MEMOIRS OF A TEENAGE AMNESIAC (soundtrack/additional music)
Starring: Maki Harikita, Emma Roberts, Anton Yelchin
Directed by Hans Canosa; Producers: Hans Canosa, Kwesi Collisson, Shigeyuki Endo
HIGH ROLLER: THE STU UNGAR STORY (main title/score)
Starring: Michael Imperioli & Steve Schrippa Directed & Produced by Anthony Vidmer
New Line Cinema
*Best Feature Award – Nashville Film Festival
GHOSTWORLD (additional music)
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Thora Birch & Steve Buscemi
Directed by Terry Zwighoff; Producer: John Malkovich United Artists
THE 18th ANGEL (main title/score)
Starring: Stanley Tucci, Maximilian Schell, Rachael Leigh Cook & Christopher McDonald
Directed by William Bindley; Producer: Jim Burke
Rysher Films
SCREENLAND DRIVE (main title/score)
Starring: Eddie McClintock, Eric Matheny & Kellie Waymire
Directed by Ty Bradford; Producers: Ty Bradford, Shawn McClintok
Prescription Films
THE CUCKOLD (main title/score)
Starring: Addison Henderson, Tracy B. Wilson
Directed by Jonathan Butler; Producers: Cynthia Ambres & Jonathan Butler
Mythological Beast Films
DO YOU WANNA KNOW A SECRET? (main title/score)
Starring: Joey Lawrence & Chad Allen
Directed by Ty Bradford; Producer: Delbert Tenney
Del Mar Films
TELEVISION MOVIES
THE ELIAN GONZALEZ STORY (main title/score)
Starring: Esai Morales & Miguel Sandoval
Directed by Christopher Lietch; Executive Producer: Lance Robbins
Fox Family
SEX, LIES & OBSESSION (main title/score)
Starring: Harry Hamlin & Lisa Rinna
Directed by Douglas Barr; Executive Producer: Judy Cairo
Lifetime
THE SKY’S ON FIRE (main title/score)
Starring: John Corbett & Josie Bissett
Directed by Dan Lerner; Executive Producer: David Gerber
ABC
I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU (main title/score)
Starring: Markie Post & Soleil Moon Frye
Directed by Christopher Leitch; Executive Producers: Bonnie Raskin & Joel S. Rice
NBC
LITTLE GIRLS IN PRETTY BOXES (main title/score)
Starring: Swoosie Kurtz & Courtney Peldon
Directed by Christopher Leitch; Producer: Jay Benson
Lifetime
CROWNED AND DANGEROUS (main title/score)
Starring: Jill Clayburgh & Yasmine Bleeth
Directed by Christopher Leitch; Executive Producer: Tony Danza
ABC
THE SECRET SHE CARRIED (main title/score)
Starring: Peri Gilpin & D.W. Moffett
Directed by Dan Lerner; Executive Producer: Joel S. Rice
NBC
SHAME II: THE SECRET (main title/score)
Starring: Amanda Donohoe, Kay Lenz & Talia Balsam
Directed by Dan Lerner; Executive Producer: Robert Dalrymple
Lifetime
A NIGHTMARE COME TRUE (main title/score)
Starring: Gerald McCraney & Jeremy Renner
Directed by Christopher Leitch; Executive Producer: Tony Danza
CBS
SHORT FILMS
HELL TO PAY
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Billy Wirth
Directed by Charles Whitcher Producers: Jonathan Butler, Cynthia Ambres, Dillon Jordan
5150
Starring: Vanessa Williams, Charles Mathers
Directed by Fay Hauser; Producers: Larry Tate, Charlotte Fletcher, K. Alex Fletcher
ALBUMS/RECORDINGS
THE HEART OF FRIDA (composer/recording artist/producer) – (WINNER) International Radio Broadcasters ZMR Best Piano Album of the Year – Solo – Solopiano.com Solo Piano: Improvisational – Album of the Year
COMMON PLACES (composer/recording artist/producer) – (WINNER) SoloPianoRadio.com – Solo Piano Album of the Year
BEST OF BOND – 40th Anniversary Album (artist/arranger/producer) – James Bond Theme RIAA Gold Record
BERT STERN: ORIGINAL MAD MAN (composer/recording artist/producer)
CALLAGHAN (producer/co-writer)
– Album from UK recording artist Callaghan, August 2018 release
TO ALL THE LITTLE GIRLS (arranger/producer)
– Single & music video starring Isolde Fair
– Hollywood Music In Media Award nominee – Best Message Song/Social Impact
– Round Glass International Music Award nominee – Best Music Video
A HOLIDAY CAROLE (pianist/arranger on Lo How A Rose) – Grammy nominated Carole King Album
SPECIAL PROJECTS
WOMEN WHO SCORE
Live Concert for Grand Performances featuring music of female composers including Diane Warren, Lisa Coleman. Laura Karpman, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Lolita Ritmanis, Lili Hayden & Starr Parodi. Produced by: Marilee Bradford
LAGUNA FESTIVAL OF ARTS – PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS – Featured Commissioned Orchestral Works
WORDTHEATRE’S IN THE COSMOS (co-composer, arranger, featured pianist) Performed Live at the Ford Amphitheater, Hollywood, CA
WORDTHEATRE’S HEY DOYLE (co-composer, arranger, featured pianist) Performed Live at Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
WOMEN IN THE WORLD SUMMIT (producer/conductor/orchestrator) Performed Live at Lincoln Center
THE HEART OF FRIDA (composer, pianist)
Performed Live at the Moss Theater with Cirque du Soleil’s Steben Twins & Louis Price (former lead singer of the Temptations)
FILM TRAILERS(PARTIAL LIST)
ROGUE ONE/NISSAN (Director’s Cut)
TOMORROW NEVER DIES
(James Bond Theme arrangement & underscore)
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
GOLDENEYE (James Bond Theme prod./arr.)
RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN
VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA
FAILURE TO LAUNCH
THE LAST SAMURAI
ZOOLANDER
PANIC ROOM
FRACTURE
FIRST SUNDAY
DIE ANOTHER DAY
BREAKING & ENTERING
UNITED ARTIST LOGO
DESTINATION FILMS LOGO
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2
UNITED 93
V FOR VENDETTA
LOVE & BASKETBALL
TOMBRAIDER 2: THE CRADLE OF LIFE
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS
UNFAITHFUL
STUART LITTLE
BAD SANTA 2
DREAMGIRLS
A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
THE SMURFS
JOHN Q
AKEELAH AND THE BEE
LAST HOLIDAY
SLEUTH
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS BLADE 2
WAR OF THE WORLDS
MAN ON FIRE
SPY GAME
X-MEN 3: THE LAST STAND
STAR TREK NEMESIS
I AM SAM
BRAVEHEART
I KNOW WHO KILLED ME
SHAFT
KINGDOM COME
DEEP IMPACT
JOHNNY ENGLISH
THE ITALIAN JOB
THE PUNISHER
VANITY FAIR
WE ARE MARSHALL
THE CELL
AWARDS
2018 Solo Piano Album of the Year – SoloPiano.com – Heart of Frida
2017 International Radio Broadcasters ZMR Award “Best Piano Album of the Year – solo” – Heart of Frida
2012 Best Documentary Award (Minneapolis International Film Festival) – Bert Stern: Original Madman
2007 Record Of The Year – solopianoradio.com – Common Places: Piano Improvisations
2005 RIAA Gold Record - Best Of Bond James Bond (40th anniversary edition)
Key Art Awards – United 93 (Special AV Award), James Bond Theme (1st Place DVD Trailer), Identity (1st Place Drama Trailer), U- Turn (Best Drama Trailer) Goldeneye (Best Action Trailer) Hackers (Best Comedy Trailer)
BMI TV Music Awards (2) – The Division (TV series)
Telly Awards – Ice Age Fossils (Gold Award -Best Documentary), (Film Trailers – Goldeneye, Stargate, Species, Hackers, Clean Slate, Blown Away)
2004 Best Feature Award (Nashville Film Festival) – High Roller: The Stu Unger Story
London International Award – 1st Place – Movie Trailers (Goldeneye, Hackers, Species), 2nd Place (Unforgettable, Wild Bill)
Chicago Film Festival - (Film Trailers) Gold Award – Goldeneye, Hackers, Speechless, Tombstone, Silver Award, Stargate, Speechless, Clean Slate
New York Film Festival (Film Trailers) – Gold Award – Species
American Women in Radio & Television Award – Kenya Music Video (Starr Parodi: composer and recording artist, Patricia Sullivan: Director) from the Capitol Records/Curb/Gifthorse CD “Change”